Gogoi Orders Inquiry Into Firing by Nagaland Police

Guwahati, Sep 16 : Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has ordered an inquiry into the firing and assault by Nagaland police in upper Assam's Golaghat district on Wednesday in which over 20 people were injured, some of them seriously. He has also asked the district administration to immediately file a report on the incident, official sources said. Meanwhile, All Assam Students Union (AASU)...

Mary Kom Continues to Shine at World Championships

Bridgetown, Sep 16 : MC Mary Kom (48kg) remained firmly on course for a historic fifth successive gold by advancing to the semifinals along with Kavita (+81kg) to assure India of two medals in the sixth Women's World Championships. Mary Kom beat Lynsey Holdaway from Wales 9-2 in the quarter-final to set up a clash with Alice Appari of the Philippines, whom she had beaten in their only face...

Suranjoy Aims For CWG Gold And Much More

By Gaurav Kanthwal Was it a mere coincidence that a rustic lad from Uchiwa, 27km off Imphal, grew up to choose boxing as his vocation? And was it providence that has made this 24-year-old a sailor by profession? For Mayengbam Suranjoy Singh, it has to be both: coincidence because in a state where a sizeable population of youngsters still go astray to illiteracy, unemployment or insurgency;...

Yamuna Swells Its Banks

A river in spate, the angry and overflowing Yamuna is now touching the foundation of the Taj Mahal, providing thousands of visitors to the 'Symbol of Love' a rare spectacle — "just the way the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan had wanted it to look." Heritage lover Sudhir Gupta said: "If the emperor had been alive and looking at the Taj from his confines in the fort he would have been mighty pleased, for...

India Bans Pak Channels in Kashmir

Srinagar, Sep 16 : After banning news and current affairs programmes on local cable TV channels, authorities here on Wednesday directed cable operators in Kashmir Valley to take off air all unregistered channels including those from Pakistan. The order to implement the directive strictly comes close on the heels of the government banning Iran-based private news channel -- Press TV -- after it aired...

Assam Sound Engineer Excited at Winning Nat Award With Resul

He has been an assistant to Resul Pookutty for eight years and when Amrit Pritam won the National Award along with the Oscar-winning sound artiste for their work in the superhit Malayalam film Keralavarma Pazhassiraja today, his joy knew no bounds. "He has been my teacher all these years and I learnt the ABC of sound editing and designing from Resul," Pritam said. He had worked with Resul...

Meghalaya Lobby Opposes FDI in Coal Mining

By Supratim Dey Shillong, Sep 16 : The coal mining lobby in Meghalaya, consisting coal miners and coal mine owners, has opposed foreign investment in coal mining sector in the state. Voicing concern at a stakeholders’ meet, convened by the state government to formulate a mining policy, the coal miners and owners cautioned the state government that "heavy foreign investment will not be in the interests...

The Dubious Korean Connection

By Prasenjit Biswas The Northeast’s extant form of globalization can be gauged from the forest of antennae and new satellite hook-ups that are exemplified by cable agents who popularize a channel such as Arirang TV. What sets it apart from, say, Australian TV, Animal Planet or AXN, lies in the “cool” stuff it carries that affects both high and popular cultures in the region, especially...